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Tree Leaf Key
A Quick and Easy Way to Identify 50 Common North American Trees
You most probably have a broadleaf or deciduous tree that is either an elm, willow, beech, cherry or birch.  Let's continue...


Black Willow

Does your tree have a leaf that is narrow and long with small toothed leaf margins (serrate)?  If yes, you most probably have a willow.

 

 


American Elm

Does your tree have a leaf that is doubly toothed around the margins of the leaf (doubly serrate) and asymmetrical at the base? If yes, you most probably have a elm.

 

 


Paper Birch

Does your tree have a leaf that is doubly toothed around the margins of the leaf (doubly serrate) and symmetrical to heart-shaped at the base? If yes, you most probably have a birch.

 

 


Black Cherry

Does your tree have an elliptical leaf that is saw-toothed around the margins of the leaf, with very fine curved or blunt teeth and symmetrical at the base? If yes, you most probably have a cherry.

 

 


American beech

Does your tree have a leaf that is toothed with sharp, incurved teeth around the margins where the surface texture is smooth (glabrous) and paper-like? If yes, you most probably have a beech.

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